EGG

I have been occupied by this record some days now and finally I write my review. I like music with this interesting and professional sound and I really like the early seventies and especially the British music. This is the British rock band Egg's first record and it was recorded 1970. The cover is very black but we can see an egg in the middle of a wooden frame. The record is just called "Egg" and the musicians are Dave Stewart at the organ, piano and tone generator, Mont Campbell at bass and vocals and Clive Brook at the drums.

This music is guitar free but I don't miss the guitar. Even if there are just three musicians there they did very rich music which opens up for a new music experience. If I should describe it I would mention Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Caravan and Van der Graaf Generator and suggest that Egg is a mixture of those. That explanation is too simple, I know but it's what I feel. The organs are played in the same virtous and classical way such as Keith Emerson did and I think Mont Campbell sings not very unlike Peter Hammill and if we some poppy melodies and a soft jazz touch of Caravan we get the music of Egg and the result is very good.

"Egg" has a lot to praise. The first side is both very playful, funny, yes a little silly and musically quite complicated and well done. The band blends classical piano with the rock sound of the late sixties. For example "I will be absorbed" and "The song of McGuillicudie the Pusillanimous" are great prog rock songs with heavyness and "Fugue in D minor" is of course inspired (and adapts) by classical music. The B-side is a long prog rock symphony in different parts. He we can both experience well known harmonies and experiemtal drum solos. I do not exaggerate when I say this is qualified and high class music. I am absolutely interested in investigate this band further. I give their debut album four solid stars!

I also like the two bonus tracks very much. They are older and a little bit more enthusiastic than the others.